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Musk showed that if you fire a lot of your engineers, you very quickly start accumulating tech problems. In his case, it led to the absurd "tweet throttling" po
by ProjectArcturis 3y ago
Musk showed that if you fire a lot of your engineers, you very quickly start accumulating tech problems. In his case, it led to the absurd "tweet throttling" policy which opened the door for strategic competitors like Threads.
- cmrdporcupine 3y agoLike I said, in the long term, it's poisonous.
- ProjectArcturis 3y agoLong term? It took 9 months!
- cmrdporcupine 3y agoFrankly, I keep waiting for the big bang implosion there, but it seems like it's just going to be a long pathetic whimper.
- rchaud 3y agoThe implosion has already occurred. Over 80pct of their pre-takeover headcount is gone. Pricing their API in five-figure sums tells you their ad business is dead. And they're on the hook for $1.2 billion in interest payments annually. Are they even making that in revenue now? We won't know because they're privately held.